Example sentences of "was not [adj] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not uncommon in some mining districts and even existed in the craft trade of hat making , the artisans who took in their wives to pick the coarse hairs from their material saving the 6 to 9s ( 30-45p ) a week which they would otherwise have had to pay from their wage . |
| 2 | Such renovation was not possible until some years later when the property was transferred to the Ministry of Works — which later became part of the Department of the Environment — and a decision was reached to restore the Villa to its original proportions , i.e , without the wings which had been added by Wyatt . |
| 3 | Then again , another election was not due for some time , the FDP remained loyal to the coalition and Brandt 's international reputation stood high . |
| 4 | The reason why this occurred er erm , the reason why this occurred was not due to some sort of er , due to emotional problems that he suffered within these repressed relations with his son . |
| 5 | Adaptation was not due to some sort of learned mechanism involving conscious correction of pointing , because there was a significant difference after adaptation between aim while wearing prisms and that for normal vision following the removal of the prisms . |
| 6 | ‘ I have tried one or two things in midfield and was not satisfied with some of them . |
| 7 | Clyde was not popular with some sections of the legal profession and of the press , which suggested that his appointment to high office was due more to birth and political influence than to legal talent . |
| 8 | The spectacle of mutual kingly self-congratulation was not pleasing to some of their subjects . |
| 9 | A number of tradesmen in the timber , textile and tin-plate industries looked upon coffin-making and funeral furnishing as something by which they could profit , and it was not unknown for some to meet with such success that they abandoned their established trade to go into undertaking full time . |
| 10 | Cos I was n't sure of some of the answers . |
| 11 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |